Oxidized, magnetite-series, rapakivi-type granites of Carajás, Brazil: Implications for classification and petrogenesis of A-type granites

The varying geochemical and petrogenetic nature of A-type granites is a controversial issue. The oxidized, magnetite-series A-type granites, defined by Anderson and Bender [Anderson, J.L., Bender, E.E., 1989. Nature and origin of Proterozoic A-type granitic magmatism in the southwestern United States of America. Lithos 23, 19–52.], are the most problematic as they do not strictly follow the original definition of A-type granites, and approach calc-alkaline and I-type granites in some aspects. The oxidized Jamon suite A-type granites of the Carajás province of the Amazonian craton are compared with the magnetite-series granites of Laurentia, and other representative A-type granites, including Finnish rapakivi and Lachlan Fold Belt A-type granites, as well as with calc-alkaline, I-type orogenic granites. The geochemistry and petrogenesis of different groups of A-types granites are discussed with an emphasis on oxidized A-type granites in order to define their geochemical signatures and to clarify the processes involved in their petrogenesis. Oxidized A-type granites are clearly distinguished from calc-alkaline Cordilleran granites not only regarding trace element composition, as previously demonstrated, but also in their major element geochemistry. Oxidized A-type granites have high whole-rock FeO_t/(FeO_t + MgO), TiO₂/MgO, and K₂O/Na₂O and low Al₂O₃ and CaO compared to calc-alkaline granites. The contrast of Al₂O₃ contents in these two granite groups is remarkable. The CaO/(FeO_t + MgO + TiO₂) vs. CaO + Al₂O₃ and CaO/(FeO_t + MgO + TiO₂) vs. Al₂O₃ diagrams are proposed to distinguish A-type and calc-alkaline granites. Whole-rock FeO_t/(FeO_t + MgO) and the FeO_t/(FeO_t + MgO) vs. Al₂O₃ and FeO_t/(FeO_t + MgO) vs. Al₂O₃/(K₂O/Na₂O) diagrams are suggested for discrimination of oxidized and reduced A-type granites. Experimental data indicate that, besides pressure, the nature of A-type granites is dependent of ƒO₂ conditions and the water content of magma sources. Oxidized A-type magmas are considered to be derived from melts with appreciable water contents (≥ 4 wt.%), originating from lower crustal quartz-feldspathic igneous sources under oxidizing conditions, and which had clinopyroxene as an important residual phase. Reduced A-type granites may be derived from quartz-feldspathic igneous sources with a metasedimentary component or, alternatively, from differentiated tholeiitic sources. The imprint of the different magma sources is largely responsible for the geochemical and petrological contrasts between distinct A-type granite groups. Assuming conditions near the NNO buffer as a minimum for oxidized granites, magnetite-bearing granites formed near FMQ buffer conditions are not stricto sensu oxidized granites and a correspondence between oxidized and reduced A-type granites and, respectively, magnetite-series and ilmenite-series granites is not always observed.     

The nature of the sub-continental mantle: constraints from the major-element composition of continental flood basalts

Many continental flood basalts (CFB) have isotope and trace-element signatures that differ from those of oceanic basalts and much interest concerns the extent to which these reflect differences in their upper mantle source regions. A review of selected data sets from the Mesozoic and Tertiary CFB confirms significant differences in their major- and trace-element compositions compared with those of basalts erupted through oceanic lithosphere. In general, those CFB suites characterised by low Nb/La, high (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i and low εNd_i tend to exhibit relatively low TiO₂, CaO/Al₂O₃, Na₂O and/or Fe₂O₃, and relatively high SiO₂. In contrast, those which have high Nb/La, low (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i and high εNd_i ratios, like the upper units in the Deccan Traps, have major- and trace-element compositions similar to oceanic basalts. It would appear that those CFB that have distinctive isotope and trace-element ratios also exhibit distinctive major-element contents, suggesting that major and trace elements have not been decoupled significantly during magma generation and differentiation.

When compared (at 8% MgO) with oceanic basalt trends, the displacement of many CFB to lower Na₂O, Fe₂O₃^*, TiO₂ and CaO/Al₂O₃, but higher SiO₂, at similar Mg#, is not readily explicable by crustal contamination. Rather, it reflects source composition and/or the effects of the melting processes. The model compositions of melts produced by decompression of mantle plumes beneath continental lithosphere have relatively low SiO₂ and high Fe₂O₃^*. In contrast, the available experimental data indicate that partial melts of peridotite have low TiO₂, Na₂O and Fe₂O₃^*CaO/Al₂O₃, if the peridotite has been previously depleted by melt extraction. Moreover, melting of hydrated, depleted peridotite yields SiO₂-rich, Fe₂O₃- and CaO-poor melts. Since anhydrous, depleted peridotite has a high-temperature solidus, it is argued that the source of these CFB was variably melt depleted and hydrated mantle, inferred to be within the lithosphere. Isotope data suggest these source regions were often old and relatively enriched in incompatible trace elements, and it is envisaged that H₂O±CO₂ were added at the same time as the incompatible elements. An implication is that a significant proportion of the new continental crust generated since the Permian reflected multistage processes involving mobilization of continental mantle lithosphere that was enriched in minor and trace elements during the Proterozoic.     

西藏南部岗巴—定日地区花岗岩地球化学特征及其构造环境

通过对出露于西藏南部岗巴—定日地区花岗岩体的地球化学研究表明,岩石中SiO2,Al2O3,Na2O和FeO,MgO等的含量均高,贫CaO和Fe2O3;w(SiO2)介于71.40%～73.06%,A/CNK在1.17～1.34之间,为铝和硅过饱和类型的强过铝质花岗岩。岩石的稀土元素总量(ΣREE)为56.80×10-6～89.12×10-6,(La/Yb)N=6.30～18.26,(La/Sm)N=2.62～3.40,ΣLREE/ΣHREE=2.41～4.66;稀土元素配分曲线呈右倾型,具有弱的负铕异常。Nb,Ti等高场强元素具有明显的亏损,而Rb,U,La,Nd,Hf,Eu,Y等大离子亲石元素具有明显的正异常。岩石的87Sr/86Sr初始比值较高,87Sr/86Sr为(0.738 71～0.751 12)。综合研究认为,本区花岗岩的成因为陆壳部分熔融作用形成的,属陆壳改造型强过铝质花岗岩。本区花岗岩岩浆源区岩石成分主要为砂屑岩,其次为泥质岩,是上地壳部分熔融作用的结果。岩石的微量元素标准化曲线图、岩石地R1-R2图解、Rb-(Yb+Ta)和Rb-(Nb+Yb)图解均显示本区岩体形成于同碰撞构造环境的花岗岩,具有同碰撞岩浆活动的特征,是喜马拉雅早期印度板块与冈底斯板块的俯冲碰撞导致的地壳增厚,上地壳部分熔融的产物;为形成于同碰撞构造环境的花岗岩。     

Geochemical constraints on restite composition and unmixing in the Velay anatectic granite, French Massif Central

The main anatectic granite of the Velay complex is unique among major French Massif Central Hercynian granitoids in that rather than having an entirely lower crustal source, it formed by mixing between partial melts of the meta-igneous lower crust and ‘upper crustal’ country rock schists and orthogneisses. The geochemical variations in the Velay main anatectic granites cannot, however, be explained by mixing alone as their compositions range to lower SiO₂, with higher Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃ and TiO₂ and lower Na₂O and CaO, than either end member in mixing. The variations are interpreted as being due to the presence of up to 35% restite in minimum melts of country rock compositions. Primary restites form equilibrium assemblages represented by biotite, ilmenite and surmicaceous enclaves which consist of biotite ± apatite, zircon and almandine. The main anatectic granites more rarely contain schist and gneiss enclaves, quartz resisters and plagioclase restites. Secondary restites are mainly represented by cordierite, and possibly K-feldspar, which formed by recrystallisation of primary biotite-rich restites. The unique characteristics of the Velay main anatectic granites are likely to be due, in part, to its late formation close to the end of the Hercynian orogeny. The metasedimentary lower crust may have become too refractory to yield large volumes of melt following partial melting to form the other major Massif Central granitoids. The heat necessary for partial melting at higher crustal levels was transferred from the lower crust by the intrusion of I-type granites and low volume diorites from the mantle. Upper crustal anatexis was mainly controlled by muscovite breakdown reactions (< 830 to 850 °C) and the liberation of water due to the recrystallisation of biotite to cordierite. The temperatures necessary for biotite breakdown were only achieved locally and resulted in the formation of high-LREE granites.     

1.8 Ga Svecofennian post-collisional shoshonitic magmatism in the Fennoscandian shield

At least 14 small (1–11 km across) 1.8 Ga Svecofennian post-collisional bimodal intrusions occur in southern Finland and Russian Karelia in a 600-km-long belt from the Åland Islands to the NW Lake Ladoga region. The rocks range from ultramafic, calc-alkaline, apatite-rich potassium lamprophyres to peraluminous HiBaSr granites, and form a shoshonitic series with K₂O+Na₂O>5%, K₂O/Na₂O>0.5, Al₂O₃>9% over a wide spectrum of SiO₂ (32–78%). Although strongly enriched in all rocks, the LILE Ba and Sr and the LREE generally define a decreasing trend with increasing SiO₂. Depletion is noted for HFSE Ti, Nb and Ta. Available isotopic data show overlapping values for lamprophyres and granites within separate intrusions and a cogenetic origin is thus not precluded. Initial magmas (Mg#>65) in this shoshonitic association are considered to be generated in an enriched lithospheric mantle during post-collisional uplift some 30 Ma after the regional Svecofennian metamorphic peak. However, prior to the melting episode, the lithospheric mantle was affected by carbonatite metasomatism; more extensively in the east than in the west. The melts generated in the more carbonate-rich mantle are extremely enriched in P₂O₅4%, F12,000 ppm, LILE: Ba9000 ppm, Sr7000 ppm, LREE: La600 ppm and Ce1000 ppm. The parental magma underwent 55–60% fractionation of biotite+clinopyroxene+apatite+magnetite+sphene whereupon intermediate varieties were produced. After further fractionation, 60–80%, of K-feldspar+amphibole+plagioclase±(minor magnetite, sphene and apatite), leucosyenites and quartz-monzonites were formed. In the west, where the source was less affected by carbonatite metasomatism, calc-alkaline lamprophyres (vogesites, minettes and spessartites) and equivalent plutonic rocks (monzonites) were formed. Removal of about 50% of biotite, amphibole, plagioclase, magnetite, apatite and sphene produced peraluminous HiBaSr granites. The impact of crustal assimilation is considered to be low. At about 1.8 Ga, the post-collisional shoshonitic magmatism brought juvenile material, particularly enriched in alkalis, LILE, LREE and F, into the crust. Although areally restricted, the regional distribution of the post-collisional intrusions may indicate that larger volumes of 1.8 Ga juvenile material resides in unexposed parts of the crust.     

Source contributions to Devonian granite magmatism near the Laurentian border, New Hampshire and Western Maine, USA

Radiogenic isotope data (initial Nd, Pb) and elemental concentrations for the Mooselookmeguntic igneous complex, a suite of mainly granitic intrusions in New Hampshire and western Maine, are used to evaluate petrogenesis and crustal variations across a mid-Paleozoic suture zone. The complex comprises an areally subordinate monzodiorite suite [377±2 Ma; ε_Nd (at 370 Ma)=−2.7 to −0.7; initial ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=15.56–15.58] and an areally dominant granite [370±2 Ma; ε_Nd (at 370 Ma)=−7.0 to −0.6; initial ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=15.55–15.63]. The granite contains meter-scale enclaves of monzodiorite, petrographically similar to but older than that of the rest of the complex [389±2 Ma; ε_Nd (at 370 Ma)=−2.6 to +0.3; initial ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb 15.58, with one exception]. Other granite complexes in western Maine and New Hampshire are 30 Ma older than the Mooselookmeguntic igneous complex granite, but possess similar isotopic signatures.

Derivation of the monzodioritic rocks of the Mooselookmeguntic igneous complex most likely occurred by melting of Bronson Hill belt crust of mafic to intermediate composition. The Mooselookmeguntic igneous complex granites show limited correlation of isotopic variations with elemental concentrations, precluding any significant presence of mafic source components. Given overlap of initial Nd and Pb isotopic compositions with data for Central Maine belt metasedimentary rocks, the isotopic heterogeneity of the granites may have been produced by melting of rocks in this crustal package or through a mixture of metasedimentary rocks with magmas derived from Bronson Hill belt crust.

New data from other granites in western Maine include Pb isotope data for the Phillips pluton, which permit a previous interpretation that leucogranites were derived from melting heterogeneous metasedimentary rocks of the Central Maine belt, but suggest that granodiorites were extracted from sources more similar to Bronson Hill belt crust. Data for the Redington pluton are best satisfied by generation from sources in either the Bronson Hill belt or Laurentian basement. Based on these data, we infer that Bronson Hill belt crust was more extensive beneath the Central Maine belt than previously recognized and that mafic melts from the mantle were not important to genesis of Devonian granite magma.     

A geochemical and Nd isotopic study of Barberton komatiites (South Africa): implication for the Archean mantle

The Komati Formation of the Barberton greenstone belt (BGB), South Africa, is composed of both Al-undepleted and -depleted komatiites. The Al-undepleted komatiites are characterised by Al₂O₃/TiO₂ and CaO/Al₂O₃ ratios of 15–18 and 1.1–1.5, respectively, and exhibit chondritic trace element contents and (Gd/Yb)_N ratios. In contrast, the Al-depleted komatiites show significantly lower Al₂O₃/TiO₂ ratios of 8–12, highly variable CaO/Al₂O₃ (0.19–2.81) ratios combined with (Gd/Yb)_N ratios varying from 1.08 to 1.56. A Sm–Nd whole rock isochron for komatiites of the Komati Formation gives an age of 3657±170 Ma. ¹⁴⁷Sm/¹⁴⁴Nd ratios (0.1704 and 0.1964) are all lower than the chondritic value of 0.1967. The komatiite _i,Nd(3.45) values cluster at +1.9±0.7.

Trace element distribution indicates that most of the primary geochemical and isotopic features of the komatiites were preserved in line with the conservation of the primary chemical composition of clinopyroxene. High field strength element and rare earth element abundances indicate that crustal contamination and post-crystallisation processes did not disturb the primary features of komatiites.

The Sm/Nd and Nb/U ratios of komatiites indicate that the Barberton greenstone belt mantle source has undergone melt extraction prior to komatiite formation. Variations of Al₂O₃/TiO₂, (Gd/Yb)_N, Zr/Sm and Sm/Nd ratios of komatiites indicate that a batch melting of slightly depleted mantle source during with garnet and/or clinopyroxene remained in the residue can produce the geochemical isotopic feature of the Barberton greenstone belt komatiites. Typical geochemical fingerprints of subduction-related processes (LILE enrichment, HFSE depletion compared to REE), as known from modern subduction zones, are not observed. Komatiites exhibit Ti/Zr, La/Nb, Nb/U, Sr/Nd and Ba/La ratios comparable to those of oceanic island basalt and mid-ocean ridge basalt. (La/Nb)_PMN, (Sm/Yb)_PMN, positive δNb values and flat or slightly enriched REE patterns suggest that BGB komatiites are part of an oceanic plateau rather than an oceanic island such as Iceland. Therefore, an oceanic plateau or mid-ocean ridge, in connection with an oceanic plateau, such as Ontong Java plateau or Caribbean–Colombian oceanic plateau, is a suitable tectonic setting for the formation of the BGB komatiites.     

The origin of medium-K ankaramitic arc magmas from Lombok (Sunda arc, Indonesia): Mineral and melt inclusion evidence

High-calcium, nepheline-normative ankaramitic basalts (MgO > 10 wt.%, CaO/Al₂O₃ > 1) from Rinjani volcano, Lombok (Sunda arc, Indonesia) contain phenocrysts of clinopyroxene and olivine (Fo_85–92) with inclusions of spinel (Cr# 58–77) and crystallised melt. Olivine crystals have variable but on average low NiO (0.10–0.23 wt.%) and high CaO (0.22–0.35 wt.%) contents for their forsterite number. The CaO content of Fo_89–91 olivine is negatively correlated with the Al₂O₃ content of enclosed spinel (9–15 wt.%) and positively correlated with the CaO/Al₂O₃ ratios of melt inclusions (0.9–1.5). Major and trace element patterns of melt inclusions are similar to that of the host rock, indicating that the magma could have formed by accumulation of small batches of melt, with compositions similar to the melt inclusions. The liquidus temperature of the magma was  1275 °C, and its oxygen fugacity ≤ FMQ + 2.5. Correlations between K₂O, Zr, Th and LREE in the melt inclusions are interpreted to reflect variable degrees of melting of the source; correlations between Al₂O₃, Na₂O, Y and HREE are influenced by variations in the mineralogy of the source. The melts probably formed from a water-poor, clinopyroxene-rich mantle source.     

东天山阿拉塔格花岗岩体地球化学特征及其构造意义

位于中天山地块南缘大黑山地区的阿拉塔格花岗岩体,岩性主要由花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩、似斑状花岗岩组成,岩石具有高硅(w（SiO₂）为66.29%~77.47%)、富碱(w（Na₂O+K₂O）为6.75%~9.93%)、高铝(w（Al₂O₃）为10.97%~14.40%)、低Sr(w（Sr）为（28.78~153.00）×10^-6,平均为99.23×10^-6)、低Ti（w（TiO₂）为0.09％~0.77％）的特征。岩石的A/CNK值为1.19~1.50,为钙碱性过铝质岩石;岩石Eu亏损（δEu＝0.19~0.51）、LREE富集(LREE/HREE= 6.80~8.45,(La/Yb)_N= 6.06~9.03),明显富集Rb、Th、K、Hf(Zr) 等大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti等高场强元素(HFSE);岩石的Ba含量较低,并具有明显的Sr负异常。结合区域地质特征,通过岩石的地球化学和Sr、Nd同位素综合分析,认为该花岗岩形成于后碰撞环境,且为壳幔混源的岩浆多期次侵位的复合岩体。     

扬子板块西北缘大安花岗岩体锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学特征及其地质意义

位于扬子板块西北缘宁强地区的大安花岗岩体,岩石类型主要为黑云母花岗闪长岩,但其形成时代却有一定的争议,成因及地质意义尚未明确.对大安花岗岩体进行详细的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学和岩石地球化学研究.结果表明,花岗闪长岩年龄为212.3±1.6 Ma和212.48±0.43 Ma,属晚三叠世.地球化学特征显示花岗闪长岩相对高硅（67.61%~69.02%）、高Al₂O₃（16.14%~16.80%）,Na₂O > K₂O,富集大离子亲石元素（Cs、Ba）和轻稀土元素,Eu负异常不明显,强烈富集Sr（538×10-6~907×10-6）和亏损Y（3.10×10-6~3.90×10-6）,高Sr/Y比值（138~291）,表现出明显的埃达克质岩石的地球化学特征.综合区域地质资料认为,大安花岗岩体形成于后碰撞构造环境,是在华北板块与扬子板块碰撞后期伸展体制下,由于地幔物质上涌带来的热量导致加厚基性下地壳脱水熔融,形成了具有埃达克质性质的岩浆.      

Identification of Magma Mixing: A Case Study of the Daocheng Batholith in the Yidun Arc

The Daocheng batholiths, located in the east of the Yidun arc, consist of granite, granodiorite and K-feldspar granite. Abundant massive mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) mainly developed within the granodiorite and K-feldspar granite, and they have clear contacts with the hosted granites. The MMEs are characterized by the quartz eye structure, quenched apatite, and plagioclases phenocrysts with obvious oscillatory zones. Petrographical studies on MMEs and host granites, zoned plagioclase and whole-rock geochemical analysis were carried out to identify the presence of magma mixing. Combined with the previous studies on the whole-rock Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic signatures, the petrogenesis of Daocheng batholith was discussed. The zoned plagioclases from MMEs have An contents varying between 29 and 44, while those from the host granites have An contents of 21~50. The compositional variations and corrosion structure of plagioclase are probably related to magma mixing. Geochemically, the MMEs have relatively low SiO₂ contents (56.34~60.91wt%), high Al₂O₃ contents of 16.06~17.98wt%, and are enriched in magnesium and iron, belonging to metalumnious series (A/CNK=0.82~0.98). The Daocheng batholith belongs to high-K calc-alkaline series, which have high alkaline contents (Na₂O+K₂O=6.25~7.79wt%) and low CaO contents (1.40~3.22wt%). Furthermore, both the MMEs and hosted granites are enriched in LILEs (K, Rb and Pb) and LREEs and depleted in HFSEs (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, P and Ti), showing affinities of typical arc magmas. Compared with the host granites, the MMEs are characterized by lower (La/Yb)_N ratios of 1.99 to 2.46, and much more obvious Eu depletions (Eu/Eu^*=0.30~0.50). The host granites have Rb/Sr ratios ranging from 1.0 to 1.9, and they are consistent with the crust-derived materials (Rb/Sr>0.5). Their Zr/Hf ratios range from 27.5 to 36.9, which are close to the transitional Zr/Hf ratios between mantle-and crust-derived materials. This indicates that the formation of Daocheng batholith is genetically related to the mixing between mantle-and crust-derived materials. In addition, the relatively low silica contents and high Mg# values, and the linear patterns of MgO, Al₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃ with SiO₂ contents from the MMEs and host granites, show that the formation of MMEs is genetically related to magma mixing. Overall, the parent magmas of Daocheng granites are derived from the partial melting of Late Triassic arc lower crust, with the input of minor mantle-derived materials. The MMEs are generated by the mixing of the mafic magma with felsic magma.     

Pressure effect on Ti- or P-rich accessory mineral saturation in evolved granitic melts with differing K2O/Na2O ratios

The solubility of Ti- and P-rich accessory minerals has been examined as a function of pressure and K₂O/Na₂O ratio in two series of highly evolved silicate systems. These systems correspond to (a) alkaline, varying from alkaline to peralkaline with increasing K₂O/Na₂O ratio; and (b) strongly metaluminous (essentially trondhjemitic at the lowest K₂O/Na₂O ratio) and remaining metaluminous with increasing K₂O/Na₂O ratio (to 3). The experiments were conducted at a fixed temperature of 1000 °C, with water contents varying from 5 wt.% at low pressure (0.5 GPa), increasing through 5–10 wt.% at 1.5–2.5 GPa to 10 wt.% at 3.5 GPa. Pressure was extended outside the normal crustal range, so that the results may also be applied to derivation of hydrous silicic melts from subducted oceanic crust.

For the alkaline composition series, the TiO₂ content of the melt at Ti-rich mineral saturation decreases with increasing pressure but is unchanged with increasing K content (at fixed pressure). The P₂O₅ content of the alkaline melts at apatite saturation increases with increased pressure at 3.5 GPa only, but decreases with increasing K content (and peralkalinity). For the metaluminous composition series (termed as “trondhjemite-based series” (T series)), the TiO₂ content of the melt at Ti-rich mineral saturation decreases with increasing pressure and with increasing K content (at fixed pressure). The P₂O₅ content of the T series melts at apatite saturation is unchanged with increasing pressure, but decreases with increasing K content. The contrasting results for P and Ti saturation levels, as a function of pressure in both compositions, point to contrasting behaviour of Ti and P in the structure of evolved silicate melts. Ti content at Ti-rich mineral saturation is lower in the alkaline compared with the T series at 0.5 GPa, but is similar at higher pressures, whereas P content at apatite saturation is lower in the T series at all pressures studied. The results have application to A-type granite suites that are alkaline to peralkaline, and to I-type metaluminous suites that frequently exhibit differing K₂O/Na₂O ratios from one suite to another.     

新疆西准噶尔红山岩体地质地球化学特征及对下地壳性质的启示

准噶尔盆地基底性质历年来一直存在争议, 而花岗岩地球化学特征对下地壳性质具有指示意义.研究发现, 红山岩体的岩石类型主要为碱长花岗岩, 具有高SiO₂、低Al₂O₃、偏碱性、准铝质、轻重稀土分馏相对明显且富集轻稀土、明显的Eu异常、富集Rb、Th、K等大离子亲石元素及Zr、Hf等高场强元素而强烈亏损Sr、Ba、P、Ti等元素的A型花岗岩特征, 形成于后碰撞的张性环境中.SIMS和LA-ICP-MS测试获得的岩体侵位年龄分别为315.7±2.4Ma(MSWD=0.82)和317.8±3.8Ma(MSWD=2.8), 指示该岩体为晚石炭世早期的产物, 与西准噶尔后碰撞岩浆活动的时限一致.红山碱长花岗岩的结晶温度为680~860℃, Lu-Hf、Sr-Nd同位素特征共同表明西准噶尔的基底是由亏损地幔演化而来的年轻地壳物质组成.      

北山洋晚志留世—早泥盆世构造演化:内蒙古白云山蛇绿混杂岩带南部侵入岩年代学、地球化学的制约

内蒙古北山白云山蛇绿混杂岩带南部中酸性侵入岩主要以脉岩形式产出。采用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年和岩石地球化学分析,对脉岩的岩石类型、年代学、构造背景等进行研究,为北山洋的拼合碰撞时限提供年代学约束。研究结果显示:石英闪长岩的年龄为(420.0±1.0) Ma,花岗闪长岩的年龄为(404.6±2.6) Ma,表明脉岩形成时期为晚志留世—早泥盆世。中酸性侵入岩脉SiO₂含量为58.38%~69.46%,K₂O含量为0.74%~1.38%,Al₂O₃含量为15.54%~16.95%,Na₂O含量为4.15%~5.36%,岩石类型为钙碱性石英闪长岩和过铝质低钾拉斑系列的花岗闪长岩。石英闪长岩与花岗闪长岩源于陆缘火山弧区和同碰撞区,二者轻稀土元素相对重稀土元素明显富集,δEu负异常,高场强元素Ta、Nb亏损,显示出岛弧环境的典型特征,表明由于洋壳俯冲作用,研究区在晚志留世—早泥盆世发育了岛弧岩浆岩侵入体。随着俯冲作用深入,北山洋在晚志留世—早泥盆世早期完成闭合碰撞,并在研究区形成同碰撞花岗岩,碰撞时间应早于(404.6±2.6) Ma。     

帕米尔东北缘穷阿木太克岩体年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

分布于帕米尔东北缘羌塘地块上的穷阿木太克岩体,与班公湖怒江洋的闭合有着密切关系。岩体主要由英云闪长岩、花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩组成。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果显示,穷阿木太克岩体的形成年龄为(107.0±1.2) Ma(MSWD=0.55),属于早白垩世晚期。地球化学结果显示,主量元素具有富Ca、富K、富碱等特点,岩石Al含量较高,为弱过铝质花岗岩系列,具典型的钙碱性特征。稀土元素具有轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损的右倾型特征,并显示弱的负铕异常。微量元素表现出大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、U、K高度富集和高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti、Hf强烈亏损。岩石在成因上可能是地壳下部基性岩石经熔融或部分熔融作用形成的。结合本区所处的构造环境,早白垩世晚期穷阿木太克岩体可能形成于羌塘地块与冈底斯地块之间同碰撞(挤压环境)向碰撞后(伸展环境)的转化阶段,为后造山花岗岩类,岩石系列从早到晚由中钾钙碱性系列向钾玄岩系列演化。     

闽西南龙岩地区印支期天宫山花岗岩体成因

天宫山花岗岩体成因的研究对闽西南地区岩浆演化及动力学过程有重要意义.天宫山岩体岩性主要为正长花岗岩.前人于天宫山岩体中利用K-Ar法测得年龄值为146~149 Ma,天宫山正长花岗岩中测得锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄为233±2.0 Ma、230±2.8 Ma,为晚三叠世,属印支期.该岩体富硅,富碱,σ=1.21~2.55,A/CNK=0.97~1.73,属钙碱性系列,准铝质到过铝质范畴.岩石ΣREE较高,LREE相对富集,贫Al₂O₃和Sr,富Y和Yb,发育有明显的显微文象结构,具有较强的铕负异常,中等铈负异常到弱正异常;亏损大离子亲石元素,富集高场强元素.Ga/Al值高,具有A型花岗岩特征.w（P₂O₅）平均值为0.02%,低于高分异S型花岗岩;w（Na₂O）平均值为2.93%,高于高分异S型花岗岩;全铁含量w（TFeO）平均值为1.15%,高于高分异I型花岗岩.锆石饱和温度平均值为729.8℃.ε_Hf（t）全部为负值（-5.29~-10.69）,表明其物质起源可能主要为古元古代下地壳物质.参与成岩作用的岩浆来源于地壳物质的部分熔融,为同碰撞环境下形成的壳源型铝质A型花岗岩.在印支期碰撞-挤压为主的造山运动背景下,岩体在高温环境中经历了古元古代下地壳物质的初步熔融,经印支期运动伸展,部分地幔物质参与了经底侵作用.      

东海陆架晚更新世以来沉积物常量元素的分布及其地质意义

对东海陆架西湖凹陷区SFK-1孔的岩性、粒度、常量元素以及测年数据的综合分析表明:元素地球化学信息对于地层的划分有良好的指示意义。 SFK-1孔沉积物常量元素质量分数平均值分别为SiO₂ 65.35%、Al₂O₃ 12.12%、FeO 1.75%、CaO 3.88%、MgO 2.04%、K₂O 2.63%、 Na₂O 2.04%、 TiO₂ 0.66%、 P₂O₅ 0.12%、 MnO 0.065%、TFe₂O₃ 4.74%、CaCO₃ 5.38%,标准差系数较小,反映SFK-1孔常量元素离散程度较小。SFK-1孔沉积物CaCO₃/TiO₂、CaO/TiO₂和P₂O₅/TiO₂反映了化学风化程度的强弱;TiO₂/Al₂O₃可以作为古水流能量的指标,反映当时河流水动力条件的影响强度;而SiO₂/TiO₂、Na₂O/TiO₂可以用来反映沉积水动力的强度。依据常量元素质量分数垂直变化特征划分的8个层段分别与沉积物粒度、气候变化地层划分界线吻合。研究区自91 ka BP以来沉积环境经历了剧烈变化,它们分别反映了末次间冰期( 暖期) 晚期以来东海陆架区沉积环境的变化。     

Petrology and geochemistry of shoshonitic plutons from the western Kunlun orogenic belt, Xinjiang, northwestern China: implications for granitoid geneses

A series of granitoids from Proterozoic to Cenozoic age occurred in the western Kunlun orogenic belt, Xinjiang, northwestern China. Several intrusions such as the West Datong (Middle Caledonian age), North Kuda (Late Caledonian age) and Kuzigan, Karibasheng, Zankan (Himalayan age) plutons have shoshonitic affinity. Their rock assemblages include (quartz) monzodiorite–(quartz) monzonite–quartz syenite (Middle Caledonian) or monzonitic granite–granite (Late Caledonian) or biotite (monzonitic) granite–diopside granite–diopside syenite (Himalayan). Generally, biotite is iron–phlogopite, with some eastonite and high Mg/(Mg+Fe_T) and Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ ratio. Amphibole is mainly edenitic hornblende and magnesian hastingsitic hornblende, with some edenite and higher Mg/(Mg+Fe_T) and Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ ratio. The rocks show SiO₂ contents of 52.77–71.85% and high K₂O+Na₂O (mostly >8%, average 9.14%), K₂O/Na₂O (mostly >1, average 1.50) and Fe₂O₃/FeO (0.85–1.51, average 1.01) and low TiO₂ contents (0.15–1.12%, average 0.57%). Al₂O₃ contents (13.01–19.20%) are high but variable. The granitoids are prominently enriched in LILE, LREE and volatiles such as F. However, the studied shoshonitic granitoids among the three intrusive periods also show differences in isotopic compositions and trace element concentrations, suggesting their different geneses: the origin of the West Datong pluton is probably related to the involvement of subducted oceanic crust sediments into the mantle source; the North Kuda and Himalayan plutons could have been generated by partial melting of subducted oceanic crust sediments or metasediments of thickened continental lower crust in the process of late-orogenic slab break-off or lithospheric thinning.     

Petrogenesis of picritic mare magmas: Constraints on the extent of early lunar differentiation

Calculations of isobaric batch, polybaric batch, and polybaric fractional melting have been carried out on a variety of proposed lunar and terrestrial source region compositions. Results show that magmas with a generally tholeiitic character—plagioclase and high-Ca pyroxene crystallize before low-Ca pyroxene reflecting relatively high Al₂O₃ concentrations (>12 wt%)—are the inevitable consequence of anhydrous partial melting of source regions composed primarily of olivine and two pyroxenes with an aluminous phase on the solidus. Low-Al₂O₃ magmas (<10 wt%), as typified by the green picritic glasses in the lunar maria require deep (700–1000 km), low-Al₂O₃ source regions without an aluminous phase. The difference between primitive and depleted mantle beneath mid-ocean ridges amounts to less than 0.1 wt% Al₂O₃, whereas formation of the green glass source region requires a net loss of between 1.5 and 2.5 wt% Al₂O₃. Basalt extraction cannot account for fractionations of this magnitude. Accumulation of olivine and pyroxene at the base of a crystallizing magma ocean is, however, an effective method for producing the necessary Al₂O₃ depletions. Both olivine-rich and pyroxene-rich source regions can produce the picritic magmas, but mixing calculations show that both types of source region are likely to be hybrids consisting of an early- to intermediate-stage cumulate (olivine plus enstatite) and a later stage cumulate assemblage. Mass balance calculations show that refractory element-enriched bulk Moon compositions contain too much Al₂O₃ to allow for the deep low-Al₂O₃ source regions even after extraction of an Al₂O₃-rich (26–30 wt%) crust between 50 and 70 km thick.     

Geochronology and petrogenesis of Pan-African, syn-tectonic, S-type and post-tectonic A-type granite (Namibia): products of melting of crustal sources, fractional crystallization and wall rock entrainment

The Oetmoed Granite–Migmatite Complex (OGMC), Central Damara Orogen, Namibia, consists mainly of 526 to 516 Ma garnet- and cordierite-bearing granite and subordinate 488 to 494 Ma hornblende- and titanite-bearing granite in the form of planar sheets and dykes. Additionally, a slightly elongated granite body occurs in the center of the complex. The garnet- and cordierite-bearing granite has major- and trace-element characteristics of S-type granite but the hornblende- and titanite-bearing granite has higher HFSE and REE contents similar to A-type granite. Whereas the garnet- and cordierite-bearing granite contains numerous restitic xenoliths, the hornblende- and titanite-bearing granite is xenolith-free. The country rocks are cordierite–sillimanite–K-feldspar–garnet-bearing metasedimentary rocks and migmatite. Cordierite- and garnet-rich xenoliths in the S-type granite do not represent primary restite, their depleted chemical composition is best explained by varying and large degrees of partial melting of incorporated country rocks. Most chemical variations among the garnet- and cordierite-bearing granite can be explained by processes linked with fractional crystallization of plagioclase, biotite and accessory phases, mostly monazite and zircon. Major and trace element data and high δ ¹⁸O values suggest that the least evolved members of the garnet- and cordierite-bearing granite were derived from metapelitic rocks at ca. 800°C as inferred from monazite and apatite dissolution thermometry. Higher CaO and Na₂O but lower SiO₂ contents and lower Rb/Sr ratios as well as lower δ ¹⁸O values of the hornblende- and titanite-bearing granite suggest that they are more likely generated by partial melting of non-pelitic sources (metagranitoids?) at temperatures in excess of 900°C. Decreasing TiO₂, Na₂O, FeO_tot., MgO, CaO, total REE content but increasing Al₂O₃ and K₂O indicate fractionation of mainly hornblende and titanite in the case of the hornblende- and titanite-bearing granite. The differing compositions of the garnet- and cordierite-bearing granite and the hornblende- and titanite-bearing granite are attributed to different source rocks (metapelite instead of metagranitoid) and different temperatures during melting as inferred from accessory phase dissolution thermometry. Furthermore, significant entrainment of country rock in some samples played a major role during petrogenesis of the garnet- and cordierite-bearing granite but was not important during the evolution of the hornblende- and titanite-bearing granite. Intrusion of such hot, felsic magmas close to the inferred peak of metamorphism has probably caused, in part, the high temperature metamorphism and anatexis of the country rocks at relatively low pressures.